'Failure to appoint Chairman Chung Mong-gyu'Another statement issued by the Korea Football Association's labor union was called upon to resign from Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, a former Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.'

Oct 17, 2024

'Failure to appoint Chairman Chung Mong-gyu'Another statement issued by the Korea Football Association's labor union was called upon to resign from Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, a former Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.'
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'Failure to appoint Chairman Chung Mong-gyu'Another statement issued by the Korea Football Association's labor union was called upon to resign from Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, a former Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.'
'Failure to appoint Chairman Chung Mong-gyu'Another statement issued by the Korea Football Association's labor union was called upon to resign from Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, a former Vice Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.'
Press conference to announce the list of new board members of Korea Football Association/ Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae (Sanggeun) of Korea Football Association/ Greetings/ Photo by Kwak Dong-hyuk
The Korea Football Association (KFA) trade union management committee member issued a second statement on the 17th to deal with the Korean soccer crisis.

This time, the knife edge headed to Kim Jung-bae, vice chairman of KFA, a former vice minister of culture, sports and tourism. In the first statement, the union voiced its opposition to KFA Chairman Chung Mong-kyu's fourth consecutive term.



In its second statement, the union named Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae, a former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, as the general manager of the Korea Football Association as part of its measures to deal with the crisis since March 28 last year. Under the existing executive director Park Kyung-hoon and Secretary-General Jeon Han-jin, vice chairman Kim Jung-bae and Jeon Han-jin head of the management division were changed. In the past, when a former footballer was vice chairman or executive director, administrative experts kept each other in check and balance while serving as secretary-general, but as the vice chairman became the final manager, the voice of the footballer was fundamentally excluded. Even at the time of appointment, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu made the wrong decision, but controversy arose when the organization was reorganized in a way that did not appoint a soccer player vice chairman (or executive director)."

In March last year, KFA's vice chairman and board members all resigned due to the controversy over the `match manipulation pardon.' As part of the crisis settlement plan, a full-time vice-chairman was newly established in place of the existing executive director. Vice Chairman Kim has been appointed as the general manager of the working level.



As the union underwent a two-month intensive Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism audit, the employees shouted in unison that there was no control tower within the association. Since he was a former Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism member, I expected Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae to take the helm and respond to it and follow-up measures, but surprisingly, he had no role to play. The officials pointed out in unison that throughout the audit period, he focused on removing the factors that were responsible for him and helped to raise controversy, let alone solve the problem. As he was a former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, he thought he would focus on the crisis of the association and respond appropriately, but his employees could not hide their disappointment at the behavior of using the former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to avoid responsibility" he criticized.

In addition, in relation to the controversy over the appointment of the director, Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae was in charge of the detailed contract terms and conditions, but three letters of his name could not be found in any reports. It was reported that Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae was the one who supported technical director Lee Im-saeng that he had the authority to negotiate shortly after the 10th National Power Reinforcement Committee was over and Chairman Jung Hae-sung resignedIt is also known that he pushed for no problem in defiance of Chairman Chung's order to reorganize the power reinforcement committee. However, he succeeded in hiding even when he asked about urgent issues by the National Assembly's stylistic committee on September 24. His name was not included in the list of witnesses to the National Assembly's audit of the committee on Oct. 24. It can only be seen as a respect of the ministry's former post for Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, who was once a member of the ministry.



Finally, the union has to ask again whether the former top culture and sports official would be responsible for avoiding responsibility each time while receiving more than 250 million won in annual salary, more than the average head of a state-run company. "There are many rumors that the chairman is looking for high-ranking positions in public enterprises in case he does not run for the fourth term. It is surprising that he has devised a plan to run away from the difficult situation with the determination and determination to bury the bones in Korean soccer if the rumor is true." Chairman Chung should not run for the fourth term. While the statement calls for the resignation of KFA CEO Kim Jung-bae, the failure of Chairman Chung Mong-kyu to appoint such a person as vice chairman cannot be seen as a lightweight.

Chairman Chung became the head of the KFA in 2013. In 2016, he won re-election with a unanimous vote, and in 2021, he ran alone and reached a third term without a vote. The next KFA presidential election will be held in January next year.



◇The following is the full text of the statement

Korea Football Association Trade Union Statement II to Settle the Korean Football Crisis

KFA CEO Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae should resign, and Chairman Chung Mong-gyu should immediately declare that he will not run!!

an unbalanced greeting

Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae, a former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, was appointed as the general manager of the Korea Football Association as one of the measures to deal with the crisis since March 28th last year 'the scandal of match manipulation/amnesty for corrupt footballers'. Under the existing executive director Park Kyung-hoon and Secretary-General Jeon Han-jin, vice chairman Kim Jung-bae and Jeon Han-jin head of the management division were changed. In the past, when a former footballer was vice chairman or executive director, administrative experts kept each other in check and balance while serving as secretary-general, but as the vice chairman became the final manager, the voice of the footballer was fundamentally excluded. Even at the time of his appointment, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu made the wrong decision, which sparked controversy when he reorganized the organization in a way that did not appoint a soccer player vice chairman (or executive director). 'When a former footballer becomes the CEO of the association, he is driven by recognition and makes the wrong decision.', 'Football players strongly insisted on pardoning (match-rigging/corrupt footballers), and (Chairman Chung Mong-gyu) was forced to accept it, which faced a backlash.The personnel appointment appeared to reflect the distorted perception of the late chairman Chung Mong-gyu. In other words, the main reason was 'Chairman Chung's wrong decision', which was overturned as 'Cover Footballers' Own Family' to come up with a solution in such a way that they did not listen to the voices of footballers at all. It can be said to be a typical example of a wrong decision in which both diagnosis and solution are wrong.

"Literacy?"… 'Jorong Mail'Ilpamanpa CEO

On July 25, Newsis, a news agency, posted a capture of two emails sent by the Korea Football Association to the journalist, along with the content of the article 'An executive of the Korea Football Association, sent a mock e-mail to the journalist. According to the article, a senior KFA official wrote an article written by a Newsis reporter (the KFA explained the process of appointing a coach)…In the end, I sent an e-mail to protest the unaccounted for 'fairness'). He told Newsis at 9:26 a.m. on July 23rd 'Literacy?I sent an e-mail with nothing in the text under the title '. The reporter may have taken it as a mockery of his poor literacy. Then, at 3:05 p.m. on the same day, from the same person "Did you read the explanation of the Korea Football Association properly?It is said that there was only a title under the title ", but there was another e-mail without any content in the text. The official was interpreted as writing in a tone of criticism, saying, `The reporter did not understand the explanation properly because of his poor literacy.' As is well known, the senior executive is Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae, a former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Externally, his English title is KFA CEO (CEO).

Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae, ready to eat and run, resign!!

After two months of intense Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism audit, employees shouted in unison that there was no control tower within the association. Since he was from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there were expectations that Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae would hold the key and respond to it and follow-up measures, but surprisingly, he had no role. Throughout the audit period, officials pointed out that he focused on removing factors that were responsible for him and helped to raise controversy, let alone solve the problem. Since he was a vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, he thought he would focus on the crisis of the association and respond appropriately, but his employees could not hide their disappointment in the behavior of avoiding responsibility by using the former vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In addition, as public opinion toward our association deteriorated, it was reported that even before this audit, he said that people who will leave soon or employees who will remain should respond well.

Regarding the controversy over the appointment of the director, Lee Im-saeng, the general director, took the lead only technically, but Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae was in charge of the detailed contract terms, but three letters of his name could not be found in any of the reports. It was reported that Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae pushed his back that technical director Lee Im-saeng had the authority to negotiate shortly after the 10th Korea Power Reinforcement Committee was over and Chairman Jung Hae-sung resigned. It is also known that he pushed for no problem in defiance of Chairman Chung's order to reorganize the power reinforcement committee. However, he succeeded in hiding even when he asked about urgent issues by the National Assembly's stylistic committee on September 24. His name was not included in the list of witnesses to the National Assembly's audit of the committee on Oct. 24. It can only be seen as a Former Post Courtesy of Vice Chairman Kim Jeong-bae, who was once a member of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Chairman Chung Mong-gyu should immediately declare that he will not run!

It is inevitable to ask again whether the act of avoiding responsibility every time while receiving more than 250 million won in annual salary, which is more than the head of most public enterprises, was something that he, a former top official in Korean culture and sports, would do. At the same time, there are many rumors that the chairman is looking for high-ranking positions in public enterprises in case he does not run for the fourth term. If the rumor is true, it is surprising that he has devised a plan to run away when it would not be enough to overcome this difficult situation with the determination and determination to bury the bones in Korean soccer. Chairman Chung should not run for the fourth term. Although the statement calls for the resignation of KFA CEO Kim Jung-bae, Chairman Chung Mong-kyu's personnel failure to place such a person as vice chairman is by no means light. There is no one around Chairman Chung anymore because even a reputable soccer player has often fallen into the abyss or suffered irreparable image loss while working with him. It's all self-inflicted, and it's a proof of leadership collapse.

Vice Chairman Kim Jung-bae should apologize to soccer fans and soccer players and resign immediately! And you should take responsibility for your slip of the tongue and mistakes and never glimpses on the soccer board again. And as I said last time, it should not be forgotten that Chairman Chung Mong-gyu's declaration of not running is the first step toward normalizing Korean soccer.

October 17, 2024

All members of the 10th Korea Football Association Labor Union Steering Committee



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